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Fred Foster
real name Fred Luther Foster
Fred Foster is credited on 3,541 releases across 816 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
3,541
Credits
816
Albums
8
Decades active
919
In collections
Biography
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American songwriter, producer and label executive.
Founder of Records and.
Born: July 26, 1931 in Rutherford, North Carolina.
Died: February 20, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
3,541 releases · 816 albums · active 1952–2026
- Production · 1,922
- Performance · 1,809
- Other credits · 155
- Engineering · 3
Studios: Fred Foster Sound Studio · Monument Recording Studio · RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · Fillmore East
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
American Beauty
1970
Pearl
1971
Workingman's Dead
1970
Stardust
1978
Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
1973
Grateful Dead
1971
The Silver Tongued Devil And I
1971
Sit Down Young Stranger
1970
Kristofferson
1970
Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson
1979
Pretty Woman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1990
The All-time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison
1972
Jesus Was A Capricorn
1972
The Very Best Of Roy Orbison
1966
Songs Of Kristofferson
1977
Hello, I'm Dolly
1967
Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective
2013
Waylon Live
1976
Border Lord
1972
The Ultimate Collection
2016
16 Biggest Hits
1998
Boots Randolph's Yakety Sax
1963
In Dreams
1963
Man In Black: Live In Denmark 1971
2006
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